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Method and apparatus for controlling the throat height of batch fabricated thin film magnetic transducers

CA 1249075 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Church, Mark A.

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A method for determining the position of a lapped edge of a substrate during lapping of a row of thin film magnetic transducer elements. First and second electrical lapping guide structures are formed on each side of the row of transducer elements. The lapping guide structures include a series of switching junctions each switching, junction paralleled by a resistor. A lapping resistor which provides a change in resistance proportional to the lapping of the row is measured and compared with the position of the lapping plane as determined from each switching junction change of state. Calibration of the resistor versus lapping plane position is effected to permit an accurate determination of …

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  • Granted January 17, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 17, 2006.
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FiledJanuary 27, 1987
GrantedJanuary 17, 1989
Term endedJanuary 17, 2006
Patent numberCA 1249075 A
Classification (IPC)G01R31/28

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 27, 1987Patent grantedJan 17, 1989Term endedJan 17, 2006

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